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GENUS GONORHYNCHUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gonorhynchus mean?
• GENUS GONORHYNCHUS (noun)
The noun GENUS GONORHYNCHUS has 1 sense:
1. slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth
Familiarity information: GENUS GONORHYNCHUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Slender cylindrical marine fishes lacking air bladders and teeth
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Gonorhynchus; Gonorhynchus
Hypernyms ("genus Gonorhynchus" is a kind of...):
fish genus (any of various genus of fish)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gonorhynchus"):
beaked salmon; Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus; sandfish (fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand)
Holonyms ("genus Gonorhynchus" is a member of...):
family Gonorhynchidae; Gonorhynchidae (coextensive with the genus Gonorhynchus)
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